Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-01


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ase 10 60 q n, EGE - ls6u * ne NJ
~ ME- 9ad M5< 81 NV of 80 IS ~
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~ No q dated NosumbeE - 1884 lots
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AMI SKA af MY 81 ase 80 70 q 4. x
& N IN lieu Of NEA 81 NV SEX aa0
HWM Of 60 So 81 the sans townehtp
&HaAF8oet within coal lard enffl1A nnD-
hsss ~ b. 81 and 20. dated N0vezAhqI
n, 1854.
stna eupsam.a OauEs Of 6ba United
States las decided tna1 coal b mineral,
and that tnni3a a0nsainina vaIuablo Dc.
posIfe e1 coal, aee nnbfsut 10 diapoaAi
enIg nndmr sue mineral land lava.
fafinfnR Company We. Consolidated
Mining Gompnng; IA al Cepppa L.0., 1881
Said dnofssan ais1 held that the grant Of
the sixteenth and shsEty sixth sections
10 tbs state Ell California, b aes Of
March 3. 1853, waa not intended 10 esseE
mlneFaI lands; thai saeh lands were 81
clnded from that grant, a. they uexs
from al etheEa, b. the ae1sie0 policy gf
the asaeFal goweFnnenl a. ehas auelecA
ssfn regard 20 she school ssettona 10
Washington Territory. Hon. Commaas
4iauag Williamson a clfle0 andeR dAze
81 Marah z, 1881, thaG where sections l6
and IS weEe f0mad 70 Gonkain valuable
deposits 81 esal, fhey did nos eome
within She reservation for schools By
act Of March 2 1ska. bnt Go NE bis
own expRession1, were reserved from
tlsa reservation for che Territory and
Hefs daalonsd for disposikiun usdee the
mining statutes OF the United state"
EN- she deassi0n Of the United STATES
0iseuit Court Of the Dlatrios Of Gall
fornia IN the cass of tie United STAKES
". gohn Mullen q dc, . Uopp, Is, ahe
k6llsWinR language vas useds IL $50
lions rs and 90 10 NOS pGss By she terms
af the statute, there certainly II no
good Fensona for peTmittina the aaene
kfnd Of land 40 b. salectsa Under sec
1ion z il liaH % sections Is and 36.
while thare has bean no 6esisipn
np0n tbs Question which applied diEees
~ 20 WaahfuQton Territory, ! am Of tie
opinion that IL consideration % tie Fel-
lnas above referred 20. u mast DO hei4
ttsat ahe Territory is not entitled b In
demntty for section l6 or s. 10 any Civ
en- township which il covered tn hole pc
Ia part By coal land entries, sad tlnt
the above sectione bain@ OF the el1ss
nenfianed are iusalid. Said sectiona
are accordingly hereby held for ean0eIIh-
sion. xon min advise the proper Okiieer
Of che Territory Of this decision. end q
Low the usual time fer appeal. Thsr@-
after report promptly the ecti0n lakehs
referring 30 thia letseR
Bonae years SEQ O. X. Jsnnes Of this
city, observing che poFaseology Of tee
act, thaa lands containing valuable do
posiln Of coal weFs aubiecE 10 Disposal
only under tho mineral land laws, FLED
81 school section IS, IN township ~
north 90 range saais neAR NeReaalLr.
and after q contest succeeded 10 prog
ing his anfFg. The success Of Mf. Seu-
nsr induoed others 30 do - hs had DONE
The reauii IL several instances being the
same. The County Commissioners then
aprllad to the Land 0flleo fog indemnity
lands and, after considering she sabisct
the request was granted and Indemnity
lands we're sesseted 81 indieated Ia The
opiniun Of Commissioners Sparks.
tnen some one e0neladed that the ID
a mNify selection should not have been
1aade, and tue matter in eonrse Of tkme
vas referred 10 Commissioner bpafkP
fos decision. Tbs decision 10 80 absge
given. Il refers 70 decisions tn RnAla+
eous oaaes which held thek lands oon.
Iainine coal deposits we're eubi.e -
Disposal only andaF the mineral land
lava sites his predecessors ruling and
approves OF IL, and then R0ea a step
farther and holds that IN The event 81
school sessions nos coming within the
reservations for schools because Of eosl
deposits, then the Territory had no
Febt 10 indemnity lands. in other words
"a ,se school sessions ere wiped out
s.,a4rafw rr4fhonf FananfeR